National Politics

By Natasha Bertrand and Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — The US military’s temporary pier off the coast of Gaza was repaired and reattached to the beach on Friday morning, after breaking apart and sustaining damage in heavy seas last week, the deputy commander of US Central Command said on Friday. “I’m very pleased to announce that earlier this morning, in Gaza, US

By Jillian Sykes and Jeffrey Kopp, CNN (CNN) — A California judge on Thursday dismissed multiple state charges — including attempted murder — against David DePape, who was sentenced in federal court last month for a violent 2022 attack on Paul Pelosi, husband of Speaker Emerita Nancy Pelosi. On Thursday, Judge Harry M. Dorfman granted the

By Zachary Cohen and Katie Bo Lillis, CNN (CNN) — A CIA assessment circulated among US officials this week concluded that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu likely judges he can get away without defining a post-war plan — even as the Biden administration has launched a full-court press to pressure him to bring an end to

By Tierney Sneed and Hannah Rabinowitz, CNN (CNN) — Judge Aileen Cannon had been on the federal bench for little more than a year when a senior judge offered to preside over one of her first criminal trials in her isolated south Florida courthouse. “It’s very lonely,” Senior Judge Paul C. Huck told CNN of

By Betsy Klein and Kevin Liptak, CNN Normandy, France (CNN) — President Joe Biden on Friday summoned Americans to a defense of democracy, calling on the ideals of the Army Rangers who scaled the cliffs of Pointe du Hoc 80 years ago to warn against a drift toward authoritarianism and drawing an implicit contrast with

By Arlette Saenz, CNN (CNN) — First lady Jill Biden has traveled to great lengths to show support for her son Hunter as his federal gun trial is underway this week. The first lady was on hand at the Wilmington, Delaware, courthouse for the first three days of the felony trial this week, sitting through

By Melanie Zanona, Oren Liebermann and Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, CNN (CNN) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address a joint meeting of Congress on July 24, congressional leaders said Thursday. Netanyahu’s speech will arrive at a time when his relationship with President Joe Biden has become strained over Israel’s war plans and efforts to

By Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump said in interviews aired Thursday that he would announce his running mate at the Republican National Convention next month. The presumptive GOP nominee was asked by TV psychologist Dr. Phil McGraw, “Are you going to tell me who your vice-presidential choice is?” “I can’t yet,

CNN By Kate Sullivan, CNN (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump said in interviews aired Thursday that he would announce his running mate at the Republican National Convention next month. The presumptive GOP nominee was asked by TV psychologist Dr. Phil McGraw, “Are you going to tell me who your vice-presidential choice is?” “I can’t

By Marshall Cohen and Holmes Lybrand, CNN Wilmington, Delaware (CNN) — The prosecution’s most important witness against Hunter Biden, his sister-in-law-turned-girlfriend Hallie Biden, testified Thursday that she believed he was using drugs when she saw him in October 2018, the month he claimed on a federal background check that he was clean. Jurors sat forward in

By Gregory Krieg, Sabrina Souza and Lauren del Valle, CNN New York (CNN) — New Jersey’s top prosecutor and a high-ranking deputy had just finished a 2019 meeting with US Sen. Bob Menendez in the Democrat’s Newark office. After a quiet elevator ride down to their car, Andrew Bruck turned to his boss, state Attorney

By Kylie Atwood and MJ Lee, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration has spent the last week pushing allies in the Middle East to make specific threats to Hamas, as part of an urgent campaign to push the group toward accepting the latest Israeli ceasefire and hostage proposal that would pause the fighting in Gaza. US officials have publicly

CNN By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — Tokyo’s government is launching its own dating app as Japan’s fertility rate plunges to a record low. The nation of nearly 124 million people only recorded around 727,000 births last year, new data shows. Here’s what else you need to know to Get Up to Speed and On with

By Daniel Dale, CNN Washington (CNN) — Former President Donald Trump continues to try to depict Democrats as the “true radicals” on abortion policy. To make his case, though, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee has made wildly inaccurate claims. In a Fox News interview on Wednesday, Trump said, “Hard to believe, they have some states

By Kyung Lah, Zachary Cohen and Jack Hannah, CNN (CNN) — Arizona state Sen. Jake Hoffman on Thursday pleaded not guilty to multiple felony charges related to the Republican lawmaker’s alleged role in a conspiracy to overturn the 2020 election results. His attorney, Timothy La Sota, entered the plea on his client’s behalf. Hoffman appeared before

By Kevin Liptak, CNN Washington (CNN) — President Joe Biden said in an interview Thursday he would not pardon his son, Hunter Biden, if he’s found guilty of criminal federal gun charges. When asked by interviewer David Muir of ABC if he would rule out pardoning Hunter Biden, the president said, “Yes.” He also affirmed

CNN By Tierney Sneed and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Thursday ordered Steve Bannon to report to prison by July 1, giving the former Donald Trump adviser a short window to get a higher court’s intervention. Bannon was convicted of contempt of Congress in 2022 after failing to provide documents and testimony to

CNN By Tierney Sneed and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Thursday ordered Steve Bannon to report to prison by July 1, giving the former Donald Trump adviser a short window to get a higher court’s intervention. Bannon was convicted of contempt of Congress in 2022 after failing to provide documents and testimony to

By Tierney Sneed and Devan Cole, CNN (CNN) — A federal judge on Thursday ordered Steve Bannon to report to prison by July 1, giving the former Donald Trump adviser a short window to get a higher court’s intervention. Bannon was convicted of contempt of Congress in 2022 after failing to provide documents and testimony to the

By Haley Britzky, CNN (CNN) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told CNN Thursday he believed the new policy allowing the Ukrainian military to carry out limited strikes inside Russia with US munitions will be “very, very helpful to the Ukrainians going forward.” “[W]hat we have done is provided Ukraine the ability to counter fire, to fire back at those Russian